Human Behavior Quotes

"You cannot observe people through an ideology. Your ideology observes for you." "The problem with ideologies is that they fail to take into account the inherent complexity of human nature." "Human nature is the same in all professions." "Secretly, we’re all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be" "The most scandalous aspect of the scandal is that one gets used to it" "Racism will disappear when it's no longer profitable and no longer psychologically useful. When that happens, it'll be gone" "People will love you and support you when it’s beneficial." "If you want power, at some point you will have to convince some humans to trust you" "Fiction isn’t bad. It is vital. Without commonly accepted stories about things like money, states or corporations, no complex human society can function" "The more I see of humans the more I like horses" "The nature of man is evil; his goodness is only acquired training. " "Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so" "The worst of all listeners is the man who does nothing but listen" "Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing." "It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional whatever the motivation." "I've never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back" "Adults move because their will directs them. The small child is urged on by the life force expressing itself spontaneously through him." "The tendency to socialize is primitive and for this reason progress finds a degree of acceptance on all sides and is not met with as much opposition as formerly." "Fundamentalism isn't about religion, it's about power." "To be really positive and to be cruel at the same time is a terrible thing, luckily, it is impossible to do both. "